16:00-16:30 | Arrival & Welcome

16:30-17:15 | Keynote: In vito models for neuroimmunology – Gad Vatine (Beer-Sheva, Israel)

17:15-18:00 | Food & Drinks

18:00 | Street Art Walk – Center of Hasselt

09:00-09:45 | Plenary talk 1: Multiple Sclerosis & (epi)genetics – Pernilla Strid (Stockholm, Sweden)

09:45-10:30 | Plenary talk 2: Neuroimmunology & aging – Janos Groh (Munich, Germany)

10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00-12:00 | Short talks by participants

12:00-13:00 | Lunch – Poster Session

13:00-13:45 | Plenary talk 3: How genetics alter microglial function and contribute to brain disease – Renzo Mancuso (Antwerp, Belgium)

13:45-14:30 | Plenary talk 4: Sex differences & the neuroimmunology – Josephine Herz (Essen, Belgium)

14:30-15:30 | Coffee break & Transport to Diepenbeek

15:30-18:30 | Technology Sessions

Spectral flowcytometry: data handling & demo – Bieke Broux & Lidia Ishii (BIOMED, Belgium)
Neuroimmunopathology: MS, AD, ….. – Jack van Horssen (Belgium)
Overview different omics approaches to analyze post mortem brain samples – Bart Eggen (Groningen, the Netherlands)
Light sheet microscopy (whole brain imaging) – Jerome Hendrix (Hasselt, Belgium)

09:00-10:00 | Short talks by participants

10:00-10:30 | Introduction: speed dating session: how to network? How to pitch? – Niels Hellings (Hasselt, Belgium)

10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break

10:45-12:15 | Speed dating

12:15-13:15 | Lunch – Poster Session

13:15-14:00 | Plenary talk 1: The role of gut microbiota & metabolites in neuroinflammation – Ralf Linker (Regensburg, Germany)

14:00-14:45 | Plenary talk 2: Understanding neuroimmune interactions in disorders of gut-brain axis – Tim Vanuytsel (Belgium)

14:45-15:15 | Coffee Break

15:15-16:00 | Plenary talk 3: EBV immune responses and MS risk – Thomas Berger (Vienna, Austria)

16:00-19:30 | Prep time speed date projects

19:20 | Social dinner & party

09:00-09:45 | Plenary talk 1: Obesity and neuroimmunology – Shannon Dunn (Toronto, Canada)

09:45-10:30 | Plenary talk 2: Treg – muscle interplay during exercise – Paul Kent Langston (Boston, USA)

10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break

11:00-12:00 | Presentation of top 5-10 speed date ideas incl Q&A by expert panel

12:00-12:45 | Plenary talk 3: The influence of a ketogenic diet on the immune system – Gesine Saher (Göttingen, Germany)

12:45-13:45 | Lunch

13:45-14:30 | Plenary talk 4: Lifestyle, lipid recycling, and brain repair – Jeroen Bogie (Hasselt, Belgium)

14:30-15:15 | General round up – neuroimmunology where are we today, future? – Joost Smolders (Rotterdam, the Netherlands)

15:15-15:30 | Prices for beset speed dates (top 3)

15:30 | Farewell & reception